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TIL The Frilled Sharks live in the deep-sea (1,500 m) below the surface. They are considered living fossils.

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Jr4 TIL that Hannibal filled clay jars with poisonous snakes and had his soldiers throw them onto enemy ships during a naval battle to incite panic. He won.
4XPJw TIL with the exception of Brazilian Cachaça, the USA does not have specific geographical indications for Rum produced in various locations (e.g., Jamaican, Martinique, Dominican Republic, etc.) as it does with other spirits.
NXpvQ TIL about The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident
8axPa TIL a man off the coast of South Africa got swallowed and then spat out again by a whale. And lives to tell
rdYW TIL the Pentagon received the Pigasus award in 1981 for spending $6 million to determine whether burning the photo of a Soviet missile would destroy the missile.